Birthplace of the Atomic Bomb: A Complete History of the Trinity Test Site
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William S. Loring. (2019). Birthplace of the Atomic Bomb: A Complete History of the Trinity Test Site. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.

William S. Loring. 2019. Birthplace of the Atomic Bomb: A Complete History of the Trinity Test Site. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.

William S. Loring, Birthplace of the Atomic Bomb: A Complete History of the Trinity Test Site. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019.

William S. Loring. Birthplace of the Atomic Bomb: A Complete History of the Trinity Test Site. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019.

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It was not Robert Oppenheimer who built the bomb—it was engineers, chemists and young physicists in their twenties, many not yet having earned a degree. The first atomic bomb was originally conceived as a backup device, a weapon not then currently achievable. The remote Trinity Site—the birthplace of the bomb—was used as a test range for U.S. bombers before the first nuclear device was secretly detonated. After the blast, locals speculated that the flash and rumble were caused by colliding B-29s, while Manhattan Project officials nervously measured high levels of offsite radiation. Drawing on original documents, many recently declassified, the author sheds new light on a pivotal moment in history—now approaching its 75th anniversary—told from the point of view of the men who inaugurated the Atomic Age in the New Mexico desert.

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Prologue: Desert
1. 1939–1943
2. January to June 1944
3. ­Mid-June to ­Mid-August 1944
4. Late August to Early November 1944
5. Early November through December 1944
6. January to ­Mid-February 1945
7. Late February to ­Mid-March 1945
8. Late March 1945
9. Early April to ­Mid-April 1945
10. Late April 1945
11. Early May 1945, Part I
12. Early May 1945, Part II
13. ­Mid-May 1945
14. Late May to Early June 1945
15. Mid to Late June 1945
16. July 1945, Week 1
17. July 1945, Week 2
18. ­Mid-July 1945
19. July 15, 1945
20. July 16, 1945
21. Late July through August 1945
22. Remainder of 1945
23. 1946
24. 1947–1948
25. 1949–1951
26. 1952–1964
27. 1965 to the Present
Appendices:
deleteA. General Groves, General Patton and the ­California-Arizona Maneuver Area
deleteB. Silverplate and the B-29
deleteC. Final Instructions for Town Monitors
deleteD. Post-Blast Press Releases
deleteE. Ratliff Family
delete F. Firing Circuit and Arming of the Gadget
deleteG. Jumbo
deleteH. Evacuation Force: A Question of Numbers
delete I. What Happened to Anderson's Sherman Tanks?
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

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